"Serious" versus "Friends of Cohesion": Europe Split Into Two Camps (Le Monde, France)
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Italy hosts a working lunch on the next EU multi-annual budget 2028-2034 among the 17 countries of the "Friends of Cohesion" group, in the margins of the European summit. (ANSA)
The October summit of EU heads of state and government has begun in Brussels. The leaders of the member states will first discuss the EU's competitiveness and then the planning of the next seven-year budget. From the statements, it seems that the positions on the EU budget are quite different: the rich countries - who are also called stingy - want a smaller common treasury, the poorer ones want a larger one.
Seventeen European Union countries, including Poland, have officially declared their willingness to defend funding for agriculture and regional development. However, some leaders within this group are considering a compromise that could mean even greater cuts to the EU budget – by as much as over €200 billion.
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Joint declaration adopted by the 17 Leaders "Friends of cohesion" at the outcome of the coordination meeting organized by Italy and Romania in view of the negotiations on the next EU budget.
At the EU Summit on 15 - 16 October, six countries, led by Germany, will demand a reduction of the total budget by hundreds of billions of euros, writing Le Monde, against 17 "friends of cohesion" led by Italy, who do not want to yield to a Eurocenter, and France seeks to take the position of facilitator.
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